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tole.

A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tol/General-American
  1. A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

verb/tol/General-American
  1. To entice; to allure or attract.

    archaic
    It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
Where this word comes from

From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).

noun/tol/General-American
  1. A tola (unit of mass).

    uncommon
noun/tol/General-American
  1. Obsolete form of toll, especially in the sense a portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

    alt-of · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

See toll.

verb/tol/General-American
  1. simple past and past participle of tell

    England · Southern-US · dialectal · form-of · participle · past
    I done tole you for the last time.
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